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2024 Map of Landslide Butte

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Landslide Butte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Milk River meanders across this northern landscape just south of the international border between Canada and the United States. The terrain is defined by the deep incisions of the river valley and the prominent elevations of Landslide Butte and Eagle Point, which serve as primary landmarks in this sparsely developed region of Glacier County. The map reveals a landscape primarily dedicated to large-scale ranching and land management, where movement is dictated by the natural contours of the buttes and the path of the water.

Transportation is limited to a few arterial routes such as William Johnson Rd and Chalk Butte Rd, which connect the remote sections of this high-plains environment. The map illustrates the persistent intersection of the Public Land Survey System with the physical geography, showing how section lines and township boundaries like t37n r9w and t36n r8w impose an grid-like order over the sinuous curves of the Milk River and its surrounding drainage patterns.